Cur Deus Homo vs Homo Deus and the Evolution of Humanity: Quo Vadis? by P. Langerman

“…The article engages Thomas Merton’s re-evaluation of Anselm’s Cur Homo Deo with Harari’s book Homo Deus (2015) and argues that, while we must take Harari’s views seriously, thefuture evolution of humanity is not the human godsuggested by Harari, but that suggested by Merton, who argues that the incarnation shows God’s love for creation; shows Christ as the pattern of what it means to live a holy life, and, ultimately, shows the future of both the cosmos and humanity, where all is taken into the very heart of God. …”
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Stuart Cloete's construction of Voortrekker religion in Turning Wheels by F. Hale

“… Stuart Cloete’s novel of 1937, Turning Wheels, was unquestionably the most controversial of many fictional reconstructions of the Great Trek, a book which fell foul of Afrikaner nationalism and whose further importation into the Union of South Africa was long consequently banned. …”
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Jeremiah 34:8-22 - a call for the enactment of distributive justice? by M. D. Terblanche

“… This article seeks to determine whether the author of Jeremiah 34:8-22, in his critique of the events relating to the manumission of Hebrew slaves in 589/588 BCE during Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Jerusalem, called for the enactment of distributive justice. Since the book of Jeremiah has a very strong intertextual character, the intertextual link between Jeremiah 34:8-22 and Deuteronomy 15:1-18 is explored. …”
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Chronicler's women - a holistic appraisal by F. Olojede

“… This article attempts to fill, in part, the gap in scholarship on the role of women in the book of Chronicles by providing data to show that the Chronicler succeeded in highlighting the roles and status of women in ancient Israel, as he copiously employed materials that are otherwise unknown in the biblical text and modified his Vorlage. …”
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« LE PAYSAGE SONORE » DE MURRAY R. SCHAFER by Luana STAN

“…In a world where background music (muzak) invades all public places, Canadian musicologist and composer Murray Schafer does an analysis of all types of sounds (natural, artificial, from the old days until today) in his book The Tuning of the World and advances a proposal to create sound museums. …”
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Developing Strong Teamwork to Support Excellence in Extension Programming by Hannah Carter, Amy Harder, Kevan Lamm

“…In Patrick Lencioni’s iconic book on teamwork, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, five elements are outlined as necessary for highly functioning teams. …”
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God as father: the representation of the tenth plague in children's Bibles by J. S. du Toit

“… The Book of Exodus’ account of the ten plagues as moment of Israelite liberation from Egyptian servitude is particularly poignant. …”
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Religious experience and sacred text by A. Holder

“…In some historical instances, experience was supposed to render the text unnecessary, or to sit in judgement over it. But the Book of Revelation implies that the sacred text will no longer be needed, only because its promises have been fulfilled by direct experience of the divine presence. …”
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Honest to God and the South African churches in 2016 by M. Prozesky

“…Robinson (1919-1983), who was Bishop of Woolwich at the time. The book became a bestseller. The research question that gave rise to the present article is how relevant and sound its main ideas are for South Africa, in particular, and for his own church in 2016. …”
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Radical orthodoxy: its ecumenical vision by G. Ward

“… The first book in the Series Radical Orthodoxy (RO) was not meant to be programmatic or set out to change the direction of modern theology. …”
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Die prediker as preek: basisteoretiese perspektiewe uit Handelinge by C. J. H. Venter, H. K. Kim

“…The following issues from the book of Acts are dealt with: the passion of the preacher for congruence between preacher and sermon; the integrity to proclaim God’s total plan of salvation; humility, the courage and boldness in preaching the Word of God; the will to suffer hardship in absolute obedience to God, and the holy indignation when God is not honoured. …”
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Asymptotic expansion for the density function of the series scheme of a random variables in the large deviation in Cramer zone by Dovilė Deltuvienė, Leonas Saulis

“…The work broadens theory of sums of random variables [1] and in special case improves S.A. Book [5] results of sums of random variables with weights. …”
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